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August 2006
August 28, 2006
Strange Bedfellows
Getting your app ready for release on a radically new version of Windows is not the easiest task, but it just got a bit easier for the folks at Mozilla. Mozilla developers are among the first open-source developers to be invited to Redmond to get direct help from Vista engineers in shaking the bugs out of a product, in this case, the Vista-compatible Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2. So why would Microsoft help hone an IE competitor? Maybe they've realized that it if Firefox users see a performance degredation in their browser after they switch to Vista, users will blame Vista, not Firefox. Oh, and there's the added benefit of not looking like the monopolistic bully that everyone accuses Microsoft of being.
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 05:22 PM Permalink
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August 24, 2006
Get Your Test On
Software doesn't stand still, so if your testing tools and techniques don't advance along with the software you're building, you are headed for trouble. Every shift in the way software is built can potentially invalidate or simply lessen the usefulness of your current testing methods. Take AJAX functionality, for example. Sure, we've gotten pretty good at testing web apps, but the Javascript libraries that underlie much of the Web 2.0 world are in such a state of flux that it can be hard to find easy ways to test apps built from them. Luckily, smart people are tackling such problems. The SD Best Practices Conference and Expo, taking place September 11-14 in Boston, features a whole conference track on testing and QA, which will shed some light on testing in the face of rapidly advancing technology.
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 02:13 PM Permalink
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